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Performance Evaluation of Paddle Type and Push up Type Coconut climbing devices

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Title Performance Evaluation of Paddle Type and Push up Type Coconut climbing devices
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Creator Singh Dushyant
Kushwaha HL
Mathew AC
Manoj Kumar TS
Hebbar KB
Madhavan K
Thomas George V
Bhargav VK
 
Subject Climbing device, coconut, evaluation
 
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Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is a dominant tree
crop in coastal and plain areas of southern India and
is used as food and income source. At present, lack
of skilled manpower to climb the coconut tree is a
major problem faced by coconut growers across the
country. Since 1970s, different coconut climbing
devices have been developed (Davis, 1963). A tractor
mounted hydraulically operated lifting device suitable
for harvesting and other crown operations for medium
tall coconut trees (maximum height of 12 m) was
developed and evaluated at Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi
Vidhya Peeth, Dapoli (Kolhe, 2010). To reach a height
of 10 m it requires 38 s and another 28 s to descend.
However, it could work only in plain areas where the
slope is less than 20.5 per cent (Kolhe and Jadhav,
2011). Similar device was tried in Saudi Arabia (Sial,
1984) and in Iraq (Shabana and Mohamad, 1993) for
harvesting dates. The major problems with these
devices are low elevation height (approx. 10 m),
traction, maneuverability, plant geometry and
difficulty in passing through irrigation channels and
other obstructs. Cost is the other major concern.
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Date 2021-08-17T04:32:19Z
2021-08-17T04:32:19Z
2012-01-01
 
Type Article
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/57390
 
Language English
 
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